Afrophaloria Desutter-Grandcolas
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Afrophaloria Desutter-Grandcolas |
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Genus Afrophaloria Desutter-Grandcolas View in CoL , n. gen.
( Figs 1–4 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 View FIGURE 3 View FIGURE 4 )
Type species. Afrophaloria amani Desutter-Grandcolas , n. sp.
Other species included. Afrophaloria apiariensis Desutter-Grandcolas , n. sp., Afrophaloria hempae Desutter- Grandcolas, n. sp., Afrophaloria n. sp. 1, Afrophaloria sp.
Etymology. Named after the clade to which these species belong, i.e. the Phaloriinae (see Chintauan-Marquier et al. 2013, 2015) and their place of diversification, i.e. Africa.
Distribution. Eastern and Western Central Africa ( Tanzania, Gabon, CAR, Congo).
Diagnosis. Afrophaloria Desutter-Grandcolas , n. gen. can be recognized by the following combination of morphological characters: Males and females apterous ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 A, F). Head very high; fastigium wide, rounded, not separated from the vertex ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 C), slightly furrowed longitudinally ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 B), wider than the scapes ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 B), with three large ocelli ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 B, C). TI without a tympanum on inner and outer sides. TIII with four pairs of subapical spurs, alternate, subapical spurs 2 and 3 the longest on inner side, subapical spur 1 the shortest on outer side, the others subequal. TIII not serrulate between subapical spurs, with few spines above. Basitarsomeres III with only one row of spines. Second tarsomeres not flattened. Male. Subgenital plate short, with straight apical margin. Supra anal plate without dorsal denticles ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 D). Genitalia ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 ): pseudepiphallus partly membranous, with a pair of disto-lateral hooks; pseudepiphallic parameres well-developed, dejected laterally and distally; ectophallic fold very wide and long, much longer than pseudepiphallus, asymmetrical, and with a bifid apex and sclerotized ventral margins; endophallic apodeme lacking; ectophallic dorsal valves lacking. Female. Subgenital plate more or less indented distally ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 ). Ovipositor flattened laterally, apex small and smooth ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 G). Genitalia: Copulatory papilla small, flat and very little sclerotized, the apex more of less deeply bisinuated ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 N–5, 4F–I). Spermathecal duct very short, thick. Spermatheca small, shaped as a thin and elongated kidney ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 N, R).
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